What Can Go Wrong When Police Use AI to Write Reports?
By Matthew Guariglia Axon—the makers of widely-used police body cameras and tasers (and that also keeps trying to arm drones)—has a new product: AI that…
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Indian police adopt facial recognition despite risk of massive data breaches
By Joel McConvey “Real-time facial recognition” typically refers to continuous biometric monitoring. But it applies equally as well to the experience of watching in real…
Ventura County Asks for a Major Criminal Investigation Then Hides the Report
By Janet Phelan The Ventura Sheriff’s Department is hiding a criminal report. In June of 2023, Ventura County Supervisor Jeff Gorell met with several individuals…
Thought Police: Home Visit For UK Man Who Expressed Anger Online About Sydney Bishop Being Stabbed by Islamist
Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news A video out of the UK shows a man being visited at home by two police officers and…
UK government rejects calls for clearer facial recognition laws
By Masha Borak Debates continue among British lawmakers on the legality of police deployment of live facial recognition. After the UK Parliament’s Justice and Home…
Knightscope’s Dystopian Vision for the Future of Robot Police
By Nicholas West The move toward using robots in law enforcement, private security, and even to scare away the homeless, has been nearly 15 years…
“We Cannot Cope”: Police Scotland Deluged With Politicized Hate-Crime Reports
Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news Entirely as predicted, Police Scotland has been deluged with vexatious and politically-driven ‘hate crime’ reports, with one top…
Police Scotland Deluged With Nearly 4,000 Complaints As New Hate Crime Law Is Weaponized
Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, As predicted, Police Scotland was deluged with nearly 4,000 complaints in the first day alone after the passage…
New short film highlights devastating impact less-lethal weapons are having on protesters globally
Amnesty International is launching a powerful film showing the devastating impact less-lethal weapons are having on protesters globally, with many suffering life-long injuries and permanent…
Dubai Deploys AI Robot Police for Scofflaw Cyclists
Activist Post Editor’s Note: This should make it clear that AI robot police will not be used only for the most serious crimes, as governments…
Cops Running DNA-Manufactured Faces Through Face Recognition is Tornado of Bad Ideas
By Paige Collings and Matthew Guariglia In keeping with law enforcement’s grand tradition of taking antiquated, invasive, and oppressive technologies, making them digital, and then…
Responding to ShotSpotter, Police Shoot at Child Lighting Fireworks
This post was written by Rachel Hochhauser, an EFF legal intern We’ve written multiple times about the inaccurate and dangerous “gunshot detection” tool, ShotSpotter. A…
New Zealand Grocery Stores Adding Facial Recognition, Police Want Open Discussion
By Masha Borak Facial recognition is entering New Zealand’s grocery stores and the rapid expansion of the technology has been filling the country’s newspaper headlines….
Ireland Shows How Police can Ignore Biometric Privacy Concerns and Promises
By Jim Nash Those who see face surveillance by law enforcement as a danger to civil rights keep hoping that their warnings will stir the…